IQ News: bits DoubleClick has signed a deal with Orb Digital Direct to incorporate Orb's direct marketing technology across its sites. It will be integrated into the newly launched DoubleClick Direct network.

PeopleLink, an online system that notifies users when particular people are online, launched last week with AT&T as its first sponsor.

Microsoft and Zagat Survey signed a deal last week to include Zagat restaurant recommendations on the Microsoft Network, Sidewalk and Automap.

The Family Channel will relaunch its Web site on July 1, changing the address from www.famfun.com to www.familychannel.com. The new site will be more closely tied to the cable network.

Blender, formerly a CD-ROM magazine, has folded and relaunched on the Web as a network that features several channels.